Copy or letter holder.



N. II/ICIIINLEY.

COPY 0R LETTER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I5. 191s.

19931926, Patented. July 3, 1917.

, of the objects of NELLIE MCKINLEY, OF PHOENIXVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COPY OR LETTER HOLDER.

regrese.

To all whom z'zf may concern.'

Be it known that I, ELLIE MCKINLEY, a residing at hoenixville, in thecounty of Chester, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulCopy or Letter Holder; and ll do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such others skilled in the artto appertains to make and use the as will enable which it same. l

This invention relates to an improved holder for copy, letters and thelike, and one the invention is to provide asuitable frame on which thecopy, letters or the like may rest, in combination with a suitable clampon the frame, whereby the copy or the like may be held securely.

Anotherobject of the invention is to pro' vide means on the frame tosupport the frame slightly above the surface yon which the lframe rests,whereby a. marker or sight guide may be adjusted. l

A further object of the invention is to provide guide rods on the sideedge portions of the frame on which the guide mayl be adjusted, therebeing l'aterallv extending ears on the marker for moving the marker, andalso supporting a pencil or the like'. l

In practical fields. the details of construct1on maynecessitate'alterations falling with-Y in the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further/ features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings z* Figure l is a. viewV in perspective vof the vlimproved copy holder constructed in accordance with' the inventio ^Fig.2 is a plan view of the same. F Figa 3 is a sectional view onv line 3-3of 1g. v v Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectionall view on line 4 4 of Fig.2. Referring more especially to the drawings, l designates a suitableframe, consisting preferably of a sheet metalsplate Q, the end edgeportions 3 and 4 of which are turned upon themselves to yform suitablerolls, toreceive the end bars or rods 5 of thewireframe 6. The slde edgeportions of said sheet metal plate 2 adjacent the end'cornersSpecification of Letters Patent. Application led December 15, 1916.

marker and sight imatented July 3?, 491i?. serial No. 137,150.

thereof are provided with tongues, which are turned to form rolls orsleeves 'T and S, to receive the side rods of said wire frame 6. By thisconstruction of rolls 3 and 4, T and S, and the wire frame, the sheetmetal plate 2 is thoroughly braced or reinforced.

he side edgeportions of the 'sheet metal plate between the rolls orsleeves T and S are turned or extended downwardly upon the lnnerportions of the side rods of said wire frame to form the flanges 9. Bymeansvof the flanges, the frame l may be supported slightly spaced abovethe surface on which it rests, the purpose of which will appear later.

A plate or .leaves olf. Furthermore, the bar or plate l0 constitutes asight guide, whereby the copyist'may easilyr follow the lines incopying. Struck up from the bar or plate 10' is a plurality of lugs orears l2, which may be grasped. whereby the bar or plate 10 may beadjusted upon the sides 6 of the wire frame. Furthermore, the Stitutesupporting means for a or the like. Pivotally mounted l sheet metalplate, is a suitable clamp 14, which is under tension of the spring l5,and by applying pressure upon the thumb piece 16, the clamp may betilted, in order to insert a sheet of copy or the like under the clamp,whereby the transverse bar or plate pencil or pen at 13 on the 10 may bemoved over the sheet ofcopy.

This copyholder may be laid Hat on a table or the like, or it may bepropped on an inclined position when in use.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful,is

A copyholder comprising a plate of rectangular form having its upper andlower margins and the upper and'lower portions of the side marginsrolled to form hollow beads, a rod secured in the hollow beads andextending about the marginal portion of the plate, the sideedge betweenthe upper and lower beads of the side edges of the plate being turneddown portions of the plate ears or lugs l2 may contiti Mil

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to form flanges to so support the plate on av In testirnony whereofvhave signed my Hat support, as to prevent interference with name to thlsspecification in the presence of the adjustment of a guide bar on theside two subscribing Witnesses. l

rods, and a transverse bar having its ends NELLIE MGKINLEY. 5 turned toform sleeves to receive the side Witnesses:

rods, whereby the bar may be guided in its I. E. MILLER,

adjustments. D. W. FREDERICK.

